2022 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2022 LSU Tigers baseball
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Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record40–22 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium
Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee  xy255 .833579 .864
No. 21 Florida  y1515 .5004224 .636
Georgia  y1515 .5003623 .610
Vanderbilt  y1416 .4673923 .629
South Carolina  1317 .4332728 .491
Kentucky  1218 .4003326 .559
Missouri  1020 .3332823 .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M  xy1911 .6334420 .688
No. 4 Arkansas  y1812 .6004621 .687
No. 25 LSU  y1713 .5674022 .645
No. 7 Auburn  y1613 .5524322 .662
No. 1 Ole Miss  y1416 .4674223 .646
Alabama  1217 .4143127 .534
Mississippi State  921 .3002630 .464
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium.

Contents

After the season, pitcher Eric Reyzelman was picked in the 5th round of the MLB Draft by the New York Yankees. [1]

Previous season

The Tigers' season was marked with inconsistency, as the team began the year 15–3 in non-conference play, but then struggled against their early SEC competition, going 1–8 through their first three series. The Tigers finished their SEC schedule 12–9 after the rough start, yet went one-and-done in the SEC tournament after losing their opener to Georgia, going winless in the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2005. Still, the Tigers earned a berth in the NCAA tournament, where they won the Eugene Regional by beating regional host Oregon despite losing their opening game. After advancing to the Knoxville Super Regional, the Tigers' season ended after losing to No. 3 overall seeded Tennessee in two games. The Tigers finished 2021 38–25 overall, 13–17 in the SEC, with a final ranking of 18 in both the USA Today Coaches' and D1 Baseball Polls.

Preseason

SEC Coaches poll

The SEC coaches poll was released in February at the SEC Media Days.

Media poll (West)
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Arkansas5
T-2Ole Miss4
T-2Mississippi State4
5Alabama
6Texas A&M
7Auburn

Preseason All-SEC teams

The preseason All-SEC teams was revealed in February at the SEC Media Days.

Personnel

Roster

2022 LSU Tigers roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 0 – Jason Bollman – Junior
  • 9 – Ty FloydSophomore
  • 21 – Bryce Collins – Sophomore
  • 22 – Eric Reyzelman – Sophomore
  • 28 – Devin Fontenot – Graduate Student
  • 30 – Trent Vietmeier – Graduate Student
  • 32 – Trey Shaffer – Graduate Student
  • 33 – Michael Fowler – Sophomore
  • 34 – Cale Lansville – Freshman
  • 35 – Paul Gervase – Junior
  • 38 – Riley Cooper – Sophomore
  • 40 – Grant Fontenot – Freshman
  • 43 – Garrett Edwards – Sophomore
  • 44 – Blake Money – Sophomore
  • 45 – Samuel Dutton – Freshman
  • 47 – Jacob Hasty – Sophomore
  • 48 – Will Hellmers – Sophomore
  • 49 – Javen Coleman – Sophomore
  • 50 – Grant TaylorFreshman
  • 52 – Ma'Khail Hilliard – Senior
 

Catchers

  • 20 – Alex Milazzo – Sophomore
  • 25 – Hayden Travinski – Sophomore
  • 26 – Tyler McManus – Graduate Student

Infielders

  • 1 – Brennan Holt – Freshman
  • 4 – Cade Doughty – Sophomore
  • 13 – Jordan Thompson – Sophomore
  • 14 – Jacob BerrySophomore
  • 16 – Collier Cranford – Sophomore
  • 17 – Will Safford – Sophomore
  • 18 – Tre' Morgan – Sophomore
  • 24 – Cade Beloso – Junior
  • 29 – Luke Leto – Freshman
  • 37 – Connor Simon – Freshman
  • 53 – Jack Merrifield – Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 3 – Dylan CrewsSophomore
  • 7 – Giovanni Digiacomo – Junior
  • 8 – Gavin Dugas – Junior
  • 10 – Brody Drost – Sophomore
  • 39 – Josh Pearson – Freshman
  • 41 – Josh Stevenson – Freshman

Utility

  • 5 – Drew Bianco (INF/OF) – Junior
  • 6 – Brayden Jobert (OF/1B) – Sophomore
 

Coaching Staff

2022 LSU Tigers coaching staff [2]
NamePosition
Jay Johnson Head coach
Dan Fitzgerald Assistant coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Jason KellyPitching Coach
Marc WanakaAssistant coach
Tyler NordgrenDirector of Operations
Jamie TutkoDirector of Video and Scouting

Schedule and results

2022 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Regular season (37–18)
Postseason (3–4)
Schedule Source: [3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Standings

West Division
PosTeamPldCWCLCPCTGBWLPCTQualification
1y Texas A&M 641911.6334420.688Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2 Arkansas 671812.60014621.687
3 LSU 621713.56724022.645
4 Auburn 651613.5522.54322.662Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
5 Ole Miss 651416.46754223.646
6 Alabama 581217.4146.53127.534Qualification for the first round
7 Mississippi State 56921.300102630.464
Source: SEC [4]
y Division champion

Results

Home \ Away ALA ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MISS MSST MIZZ SC TENN TAMU VAN
Alabama 2–11–21–21–22–1
Arkansas 3–03–02–12–11–2
Auburn 2–01–21–23–02–1
Florida 2–12–11–22–10–3
Georgia 3–02–11–21–21–2
Kentucky 2–12–11–22–11–2
LSU 1–22–10–33–01–2
Ole Miss 0–31–23–00–31–2
Mississippi State 2–12–10–30–30–3
Missouri 1–21–22–12–12–1
South Carolina 3–01–22–12–12–1
Tennessee 2–12–12–13–03–0
Texas A&M 1–21–22–13–02–1
Vanderbilt 2–10–33–00–31–2
Source: SEC [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches' [6] 7 (1)7 (1)*7981812161223201915242022
Baseball America [7] 101181616212420142124
Collegiate Baseball^ [8] 3236414172317272319161923
NCBWA [9] 86589161116122323191821202421
D1Baseball [10] 887121321131915222220172125

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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